I'm always amazed by the ironic.
Isn't ironic that the Republicans opposing health care represent the least healthy state?
Isn't ironic that the states opposing abortions the most have the highest infant mortality rate?
In Oklahoma it's OK to be Republican and unhealthy:
Oklahoma ranks 49th in the nation in the health outcomes of its citizens — ahead of only Mississippi — and 5,320 lives are lost each year because the state does not meet the national average in health outcomes, officials said as they unveiled the Oklahoma Health Improvement Plan.
"We find that unacceptable," said Barry L. Smith, president of the Oklahoma State Board of Health.
And it's not just fat Republicans dying early, it's innocent Independents:
Nationally, 6.6 out of every 1,000 newborns die before they reach their first birthday, but in Oklahoma the ratio is 8.8 per 1,000 newborns, Crain said.
The cynic in me would say let the Republicans have their way. In the end there will be a lot less of them.
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